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Olympia area man wins big in Washington HIT 5 lottery

A publicity pamphlet from the Washington Lottery this year touts how lottery revenues benefit state programs, including education. But it doesn’t mention how little that $140 million in lottery money adds up to in the scheme of a $38 billion state budget.
A publicity pamphlet from the Washington Lottery this year touts how lottery revenues benefit state programs, including education. But it doesn’t mention how little that $140 million in lottery money adds up to in the scheme of a $38 billion state budget. Melissa Santos Staff writer

An Olympia area man won $775,000 from Washington’s HIT 5 Lottery, according to iFIBER One News.

The man purchased his winning ticket from the Island Market on Steamboat Road in Olympia and claimed his winnings on Monday.

All five of his numbers matched up to the five winning numbers for the Dec. 1 lottery, beating the 1 in 851,000 odds of winning the ‘cashpot,’ according to iFIBER One News.

This story was originally published December 10, 2021 at 11:45 AM.

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